Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalJames "Jimmy" King, right, of Jersey City arrives at federal court in Newark just before noon today to plead guilty to corruption charges. Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalHe was accompanied by his lawyer, Arthur Abrams, left.James "Jimmy" King of Jersey City arrived at the federal courthouse in Newark just before noon today where he was expected to plead guilty in the massive New Jersey corruption scandal.

An unsuccessful city council candidate and popular civic association leader, King was accused in the
sting of accepting two illegal $5,000 payments from a government
informant for his May campaign.

So far, four of the 44 people
arrested in the July 23 sweep have pleaded guilty to accepting
bribes from the informant, who was posing a developer seeking favors from
officials.